This act was enacted to provide for security of tenure of labour-tenants and those persons occupying or using land as a result of their association with labour tenants; to provide for the acquisition of land and rights in land by labour tenants; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform published the Green Paper on Land Reform in the Government Gazette on 30 September 2011. This Green Paper seeks to break away from the past, without significantly impacting on food production and security.

ANC land manifesto endorsed draft for national conference, discussing proposed land policy that will devise a comprehensive land reform in post-apartheid South Africa.

South Africa's land donation policy aims to increase land ownership opportunities for underrepresented groups and to develop sustainable communities. The policy also aims to ensure that land is available for immediate use by land reform recipients.